Interoception, contemplative practice, and health

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dc.citation.journalTitleFrontiers in Psychologyen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber6en_US
dc.contributor.authorFarb, Normanen_US
dc.contributor.authorDaubenmier, Jenniferen_US
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Cynthia J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGard, Timen_US
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Catherineen_US
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Barnaby D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Anne Carolynen_US
dc.contributor.authorPaulus, Martin P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMehling, Wolf E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-09T20:14:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-07-09T20:14:49Zen_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractInteroception can be broadly defined as the sense of signals originating within the body. As such, interoception is critical for our sense of embodiment, motivation, and well-being. And yet, despite its importance, interoception remains poorly understood within modern science. This paper reviews interdisciplinary perspectives on interoception, with the goal of presenting a unified perspective from diverse fields such as neuroscience, clinical practice, and contemplative studies. It is hoped that this integrative effort will advance our understanding of how interoception determines well-being, and identify the central challenges to such understanding. To this end, we introduce an expanded taxonomy of interoceptive processes, arguing that many of these processes can be understood through an emerging predictive coding model for mindﾖbody integration. The model, which describes the tension between expected and felt body sensation, parallels contemplative theories, and implicates interoception in a variety of affective and psychosomatic disorders. We conclude that maladaptive construal of bodily sensations may lie at the heart of many contemporary maladies, and that contemplative practices may attenuate these interpretative biases, restoring a personﾒs sense of presence and agency in the world.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFarb, Norman, Daubenmier, Jennifer, Price, Cynthia J., et al.. "Interoception, contemplative practice, and health." <i>Frontiers in Psychology,</i> 6, (2015) Frontiers Media: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00763.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00763en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/80863en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordinteroceptionen_US
dc.subject.keywordcontemplative practiceen_US
dc.subject.keywordmeditationen_US
dc.subject.keywordbody awarenessen_US
dc.subject.keywordmindfulnessen_US
dc.subject.keywordyogaen_US
dc.subject.keywordmind-body therapiesen_US
dc.titleInteroception, contemplative practice, and healthen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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